This is a Chinese meatball recipe with ground pork and spiced with five-spice powder.
Fried meatballs is a homey recipe, one that you can prepare every day for your family without much hassle: a recipe that is great for children and adults alike.
I finished almost half of the serving just as soon as the meatballs were out of the wok; it’s delicious as is, and great as an entree for home-cooked Chinese meal. You can also serve this meatball as an appetizer…
The only special ingredient in this fried meatball recipe is the fish paste, which makes the fried meatball extra yummy.
I use frozen fish paste. If you can’t find it, you can also substitute it with minced shrimp. Enjoy!
How Many Calories Per Serving?
This recipe is only 176 calories per serving.
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Fried Meat Balls Recipe
Everyone loves meatballs. This is a Chinese meatballs recipe where the meatballs are fried. Easy and delicious meatballs recipe that everyone will love.
Ingredients
- 8 oz ground pork
- 1 egg
- 1/4 small onion, diced
- 2 oz fish paste
- 1/4 teaspoon five-spice powder
- 1/2 tablespoon fish sauce
- 3 dashes white pepper
- 1 pinch salt
- oil, for frying
Directions
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1
Mix all the ingredients (except the oil) in a bowl and blend well. The mixture should be sticky.
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2
Heat up a wok with some oil enough to cover half of the meatballs (shallow fry the meatballs). Wet your hands with some water. Using a teaspoon, scoop up some of the meatball mixture and shape it into a small. Drop the meatball into the wok to fry. Repeat the same until you use up the mixture.
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3
Use the spatula to turn the meatballs to fry the other side until they are cooked. Serve hot.
Linda
Hi! I was wondering if it’s ok to freeze the meatballs?
Rasa Malaysia
Yes you can!
Michael
Could anchovy paste be substituted?
Rasa Malaysia
You can substitute with shrimp.
SANDRA
i love to try this recipe out but don’t know what fish paste is. Can you advise me brand name and location? BTW i live in Singapore
Rasa Malaysia
Fish paste is just basically fish meat. It’s what made fish balls. Not sure if you can buy ready-made fish paste from Singapore, if not you can use shrimp or fresh fish meat.
Pauline Huang
Sandra ..you can get from Fairprice,
Or wet market yong tao hu stall.
Clarence
If I don’t have fish sauce, would Oyster Sauce work as a substitute
Rasa Malaysia
Yes